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>You decided that if less than 1% of your users use a certain old device, it’s no longer relevant. Which is odd, because to many businesses, 1% of users can mak

by xupybd 4y ago

>You decided that if less than 1% of your users use a certain old device, it’s no longer relevant. Which is odd, because to many businesses, 1% of users can make the difference between profit or loss. That is not the developer that is the business. They are trying to make more money. If 1% of their users don't matter or are going to upgrade why wouldn't you use the latest tech. >You decided that you wanted to use some framework/feature/API and save developer time. Which is odd. Because consider how much time you spend trying to not harm the environment in your free time: shopping for sustainable products, bringing your reusable cup, recycling. And then think of the minutes you save with new programming stuff compared to the number of iPhones discarded because of that. I can assure you moving with the times saves more than minutes. Legacy code bases stop working with the world around them and require crazy hacks to keep them running.

Levitz 4y ago
Yet, we really aren't doing that much nowadays. Current phones are absolute powerhouses, capable of rendering 3d graphics in real time while doing God knows what more. And what does the vast majority of the public do? Mesagging, vídeos, social network. That's it. That's really it. Why in Gods name do we require modern phones for this? If someone could do that almost a decade ago, why should requirements go UP? It's maddening, how in the world are we doing stuff worse rather than better with time? To make developers life easier? Is the entirety of the market subsidizing app creation? It's madness
- SOLAR_FIELDS 4y ago
  And take sweet pictures. That alone is worth upgrades for a lot of people. Though we are pretty fast approaching a ceiling on what is actually visible to the human eye in terms of improvements. I bet we will start to see diminishing returns in camera tech in the next few years.
  - layer8 4y ago
    Recent iPhones have arguably become worse with all the AI processing they are applying to photos.
  - asdff 4y ago
    We already do see diminishing returns. The lenses on a phone like the iphone 14 pro show pretty bad lens flair in certain lighting situations. I've compared it side by side between a friends 14 pro and my SE2 and I just don't get these effects with my much simpler lens. I suppose the solution is some sort of a hood or more elements for that big lens on the 14 (the way a larger camera would solve these issues), but its already large enough where the phone no longer sits flat on a table even with a case. Some threads showing the double imaged effect which is especially pronounced with neon signs: https://old.reddit.com/r/iPhoneography/comments/yhsy8s/iphone_14_pro_edited_with_vsco/ https://old.reddit.com/r/iPhoneography/comments/yhsy8s/iphon... https://old.reddit.com/r/applehelp/comments/zu7jmj/iphone_14_pro_photos_with_neon_lights/ https://old.reddit.com/r/applehelp/comments/zu7jmj/iphone_14... Apparently this has been going on since at least the iphone 12 and 13: https://old.reddit.com/r/iphone/comments/q06u1y/insane_lens_flares_as_of_a_week_ago_any_fix/ https://old.reddit.com/r/iphone/comments/q06u1y/insane_lens_...

by xupybd 4y ago

Levitz 4y ago

Yet, we really aren't doing that much nowadays. Current phones are absolute powerhouses, capable of rendering 3d graphics in real time while doing God knows what more. And what does the vast majority of the public do? Mesagging, vídeos, social network. That's it. That's really it. Why in Gods name do we require modern phones for this? If someone could do that almost a decade ago, why should requirements go UP? It's maddening, how in the world are we doing stuff worse rather than better with time? To make developers life easier? Is the entirety of the market subsidizing app creation? It's madness

SOLAR_FIELDS 4y ago
And take sweet pictures. That alone is worth upgrades for a lot of people. Though we are pretty fast approaching a ceiling on what is actually visible to the human eye in terms of improvements. I bet we will start to see diminishing returns in camera tech in the next few years.
- layer8 4y ago
  Recent iPhones have arguably become worse with all the AI processing they are applying to photos.
- asdff 4y ago
  We already do see diminishing returns. The lenses on a phone like the iphone 14 pro show pretty bad lens flair in certain lighting situations. I've compared it side by side between a friends 14 pro and my SE2 and I just don't get these effects with my much simpler lens. I suppose the solution is some sort of a hood or more elements for that big lens on the 14 (the way a larger camera would solve these issues), but its already large enough where the phone no longer sits flat on a table even with a case. Some threads showing the double imaged effect which is especially pronounced with neon signs: https://old.reddit.com/r/iPhoneography/comments/yhsy8s/iphone_14_pro_edited_with_vsco/ https://old.reddit.com/r/iPhoneography/comments/yhsy8s/iphon... https://old.reddit.com/r/applehelp/comments/zu7jmj/iphone_14_pro_photos_with_neon_lights/ https://old.reddit.com/r/applehelp/comments/zu7jmj/iphone_14... Apparently this has been going on since at least the iphone 12 and 13: https://old.reddit.com/r/iphone/comments/q06u1y/insane_lens_flares_as_of_a_week_ago_any_fix/ https://old.reddit.com/r/iphone/comments/q06u1y/insane_lens_...